Homemade LED slide projector
Not a lot of details here, but it looks like a pretty cool LED slide projector – [via] Link. I think it would be cool to make a LED slide projector bike light.
Year: 2006
HOW TO – Fire by Friction
Clarke writes – “‘World Champion Fire Starter’ Eagle Scout Dudley Winn Smith from Independence, Missouri held the record for starting a fire using a bow and drill. The 1937 book Games and Recreational Methods for Clubs, Camps and Scouts, C.F. Smith, records his winning method. I have tried this out and it works(!).” – Link […]
HPDA Calculator case mod
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Crabezoid7 writes – “I made this calculator one extremely unproductive night. A life goal of mine was to make a cardboard calculator, but it evolved into this extremely thin 3×5 creation. I have also realized it’s potential as a Hipster PDA addon. It’s nothing more than a gutted $3 Staples […]
Mythbusters – M5 Industries workshop
Today on Digg there was a post about the Mythbuster’s shop, M5 Industries, here are some photos to check out – [via] Link. If you want to meet the Mythbusters in person, they’ll be at the Maker Faire! Join the creators of MAKE magazine, the MythBusters, and thousands of tech DIY enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, […]
Make a semi-autonomous submersible robot
Leevonk has an Instructable on making a “submersible robot (a little submarine) that can be operated in manual or semi-autonomous mode”. Link.
Linux based, 24 monitor, Quake 3…
Best.setup.ever from the gang at Plastk.net – “Here are some videos featuring Quake 3 Arena being played with a gyro mouse (the technology that the new Nintendo Revolution controller will be using) as well as a standard mouse. The resolution of the game is still 10240×3072 and runs on a 24-monitor Linux cluster here at […]
ARPAnet – 1972
A 1972 documentary on ARPAnet, the early internet. A very interesting look at the beginnings of what is now a huge part of most of our lives – [via] Link.